"The reforms were not achieved by "trades unions" Jim."
The reforms were achieved by men who were prepared to risk deportation and prison for the right to combine
They established the Trades Unions and your lote systematically destroyed them
Go look at the memorial in TOLPUDDLE , Dorset if you would dispute this
Or maybe you could look up Walter Pardon's description of his family's involvement with the re-establishment of George Edward's AWU after your "wealthy philanthropists" had destroyed it first time around
What planet are you on?
Jim Carroll